2601 East Oakland Park Boulevard, Suite 600 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33306 U.S.A Tel: 800·882·9453 Tel: 954·491·8877 Fax: 954·491·9060 email: [email protected]www.AfricanAdventure.com 14-DAY “WILDS OF ZAMBIA” Flying Safari to South Luangwa/Lower Zambezi Valley/Kafue Visit Livingstone Program Highlights:- This itinerary combines the South Luangwa floodplain ecosystem, the Lower Zambezi and Kafue National Park, which is remote and rarely visited. Experience day and night game drives in open vehicles as well as participate in walking and canoeing safaris. Your accommodations are thatched chalets or rustic tented safari camps all with en suite bathrooms. The true thrill of any safari to Zambia is the adrenalin rush of a walking safari and canoeing down the Zambezi! End with a night in Livingstone and a tour of Victoria Falls and a sunset cruise.
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2601 East Oakland Park Boulevard, Suite 600 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33306 U.S.A
AIR ARRANGEMENTS (subject to change until ticketed): Please note the following sample airfares. Lower promotional airfares are offered throughout the year so please take a
moment to contact our “in house” air department for even better pricing options!
INTERNATIONAL:
Economy Class: From $1,195.00 per person (low season)
New York/Dubai/Lusaka - Johannesburg/Dubai/New York -Please call for add-on fares from your departure city.
- Airport, road and scheduled air charter transfers between camps (Lusaka/Kafue/Livingstone)
- Park and guiding fees
- Meals as stated: breakfast (B), lunch (L) and dinner (D)
- Local drinks and laundry in safari camps
- Complimentary tour of Victoria Falls and sunset cruise at Chundukwa River Lodge
NOT INCLUDED: - Tips to staff and guides
- Other drinks and laundry (not included above)
- Optional tours in Livingstone/Victoria Falls
- Airport departure taxes
- Other personal expenditure
- Scheduled air fares
- Travel insurance
- Zambia visa
- Optional balloon safari at Busanga Bush Camp (available Aug-Oct, $200.00 per person payable
directly)
NOTES:
1) Charter flights operate with a minimum of two travelers.
2) The departure day for this safari is based on the Kafue/Livingstone charter flight.
3) Busanga Bush Camp is opened June 1-Oct 31, 2018.
4) We are particularly excited about the Emirates Airline schedule which allows you to wake up on Day 3
and begin game viewing right away. If your airline routes through Johannesburg, an overnight at an airport
hotel can be substituted for one night at Tafika. Approximate reduction - Less $575.00 to less $850.00 per
person sharing (based on 1 night at Southern Sun ORTambo).
TOUR CODE: ZAM14WILDS of ZAMBIA
Trip Reports: This was our 5
th trip with The AAC and it was our best trip ever. It turned out to be an amazing
adventure. By the second or third day we felt the trip was totally worthwhile even if we saw or experienced nothing more. And then it continued to be amazing. There was no let up and no day ever came close to being uneventful. The selection of camps: Busanga Bush Camp, Tafika Camp, and Old Mondoro was ideal. The staff at each was totally helpful and bent over backwards to meet our every need. The food was excellent and as we have learned to expect on safari, too plentiful. At Busanga the two camp managers Leah and Raphael were particularly helpful and a lot of fun. Our local camp guide Newton was highly skilled and very personable. He spotted 2 cheetahs by noticing the tail of one of the cheetahs approximately 100 yards away. We spent the next several hours tracking and observing the cheetah brothers. They climbed trees, which Nic assured us they never do, and later in the day took down a Puku. The balloon flight at Busanga was a spectacular experience. Not only was the flight beautiful looking out over the plains but was made even more spectacular by changes in altitude which allowed us to closely hover over a variety of animals and points of interest. As the flight was ending we witnessed Newton rescue our breakfast chef from charging elephants. Quite a morning! Tafika Camp was a very pleasant open facility with everyone helpful and engaging. Food and particularly lunches were great. We had the experience of tracking a lion on foot and discovering him lazily laying in the shade watching us as we watched a giraffe. Morning tea in the bush with a fire started with a stick and a board was memorable. On a night drive we spotted a mother and baby leopard. Before we knew it another leopard entered the area and a brief territorial dispute took place. Pretty intense! We also saw a wild dog take down an impala and then leave the area for a few minutes. Sixteen dogs returned and in a few minutes the kill was entirely gone. An impromptu visit to a nearby village that is home to all support staff and local guides was a fun and unique experience. We talked to villagers, visited the school, children sang to us and we all danced! Local guide Lloyd was particularly charming as he entertained us with a bush quiz as we waited for the second flight to Old Mondoro. The location of Old Mondoro is spectacular and beautiful. Room views look out over the Zambezi or a lagoon with elephants eating and bathing. A wooded area is behind the camp. There are excellent opportunities for water activities here. We had 6 leopard sightings in the area. Four of them were in a one night drive within about an hour’s time. One very large male leopard briefly focused his attention on us and let us know in no uncertain terms we were annoying him. We moved on to more relaxed leopards! We were particularly impressed with local guide Sebastian who tracked and spotted an almost invisible leopard in a dense tree. In general he displayed a very relaxed easygoing confidence in everything he did. What a great trip, what a great adventure and experience! Thank you so much! Dave, Lugena and Michelle Wahlquist
Chiawa Camp was excellent. The staff was wonderful and made the time there all the more memorable with all their creative mealtime arrangements such as a private dinner on the river. We had one of the nicer tents with a view of the lagoon from our back deck. In the afternoons, we saw herds of elephant, impalas and a variety of birds go by. For our safari drives, they switched safari guides which we thought was a good idea so we got to go out with different guides. We particularly liked their docking station to get on and off the vehicle! and that they had a maximum of 4 in a vehicle. We had fantastic wildlife viewing with my favorite being the leopard mom and her two cubs. One was very curious and would come up to the vehicle till mom called him back and he bounded back to her. We also saw several lions, several other leopards, beautiful kingfishers and so many safari animals and birds. Tafika was very good. The staff and owners were also wonderful as well as the safari guides. Again, we like that there was a maximum of 4 in a vehicle. We were not interested in doing a walking safari or riding bicycles although others in the camp did and enjoyed it…We particularly enjoyed seeing the large numbers of cranes fly in. Patti Rhymer